Early Action Results Thread

Colleges and Universities A-Z Georgetown University
301

<p>Decision: Accepted (College)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 1530/2240 (800M, 730R, 710 W)
*ACT: 35 (35s + 36 Science, 32 Essay + English)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800 USH, 780 Lit, 760 Math IIC</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 uw/4.2w</li>
<li>Rank: 1/235</li>
<li>Other stats: 5's on AP US History, AP US Gov (self-study)
4s on AP Lit. and Comp., AP Chem</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Good moments, but still a lotta bull involved</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: glowing, one detailed ("stayed after class to learn more"..."best student in class by far")</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: not sure, but likely "one of the best applicants this school has ever seen" going by what he says</li>
<li>Hook (if any): small-town farm boy, different life experiences, extra rec from schol bowl coach: "he almost single-handedly defeated the best team in the state"</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: Illinois</li>
<li>School Type: CRAPPY public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Caucasian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
</ul>

<p>*Extracurriculars:Captain, MVP, All-Conference Scholastic Bowl, VP of NHS and Science Club, 4-H, HS Republicans, Work menial job at pizza place 15 hours a week</p>

<p>*Other Factors: did NOT visit, but put details into essays that showed I knew enough about the school</p>

<p>*ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: WOOOOT! No safety apps for me! God bless whoever invented Early Action. Now where is that UChicago e-mail???</p>

302

<p>*Decision: Accepted SFS *</p>

<p>Stats:[ul]
[<em>] SAT: 1500 (800 M/700 CR)
[</em>] SAT IIs: 750 M IIC, 680 Lit
[<em>] GPA: 4.00 uw
[</em>] Rank: 1/178
[<em>] Other stats: none
[/ul]Subjective:[ul]
[</em>] Essays: My first one was about how my high school's diversity has influenced me and partially sparked my intersest in IR. My second was about transatlantic relations and the future of NATO. Both were very well written.
[<em>] Teacher Recs: One from an awesome English teacher, he said he wrote me a good one, but I never saw it. It was pretty generic though.
[</em>] Counselor Rec: Um, pretty generic, just talked about i'm a leader in the class and a great example of a student athlete.
[li] Hook (if any): * Um, none really. I went to a diverse high school and I talked about the burdens that come along with being the varsity basketball coach's son. </p>[/li]
<p>[/ul]Location/Person:[ul]
[<em>] State or Country: Half Moon Bay, CA (school is in San Fran)
[</em>] School Type: All-boys Catholic (non-Jesuit)
[<em>] Ethnicity: White
[</em>] Gender: Male
[/ul]Other Factors: None
General Comments:
I'm really excited, now all i have to do is wait for that financial aid statement in April. Hopefully they don't screw me with a ton of loans.</p>

303

<p>Decision: Accepted! MSB</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 800M 710CR 710W=1510/2220</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800 Math II, 760 US History, 650 Chem</li>
<li>GPA: 4.0 uw/4.38w</li>
<li>Rank: Top 10%</li>
<li>Other stats: 5's on AP US History, AP Biology, AP Calc AB, and AP Euro History</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Solid-about overcoming stuff in my life. My business essay was good too.</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: didn't see</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: excellent</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Overcome stuff in my life? Go to a Jesuit High school</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: AZ</li>
<li>School Type: Private Jesuit</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Caucasian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
</ul>

<p>*Extracurriculars:Basketball, Golf, speech and debate, teen court</p>

<p>*ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: It feels awesome to be in college! Congrats to all those who got in, and to those who were deferred, you'll go somewhere awesome.</p>

304

<p>ACCEPTED!
*Location: SoCal
*Favorite Books: Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut, Como agua para chocolate by Laura Esquivel
*Weekend relaxation activity: taking long walks while listening to NPR and books on tape (Tom Friedman's right now)
*Best classes: Spanish Lit, English Lit, Gov.
*Favorite G-town alumni: 'Nino Scalia. He is an hilarious speaker!</p>

<p>That's all you stats-mongers are getting out of me.</p>

305

<p>Decision: ACCEPTED - School Of Nursing & Health Studies - NHS (supposedly easier to get in, but also this year the applications doubled)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 2240 - CR 770, M 710, W 760 (on first taking I got a 12 on the essay)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: French - 800, Bio (M) - 760</li>
<li>GPA: 3.68 uw</li>
<li>Rank: no ranking</li>
<li>Other stats: Bio - 5, French Lang (Self-Studied) - 5, Psych - 5, Eng Lang (Self-Studied) - 4 (currently taking 4 APs: Eng Lit, AB Calc, Econ, Human Geo - pretty BS APs I suppose)</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li><p>Essays: The personal statement was excelllent (about being both a rugby player and a dancer, and my femininity), the Why health career? one was cliched but well written and perhaps touching (I had applied to the International Health program), the activity essay was about Habitat for Humanity (cliched), but honest and funny</p></li>
<li><p>Teacher Recs: One was excellent (said I was one of the most talented biology students in 17 years of teaching) but impersonal, the other was excellent and very very personal (my best teacher friend, we're very close)</p></li>
<li><p>Counselor Rec: Probably very good, she's a teacher advisor for one of my major ECs as well</p></li>
<li><p>Hook (if any): probably not alot of people from Hong Kong applied to NHS, first generation, I turn 17 in January</p></li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: Hong Kong</li>
<li>School Type: Private</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Chinese (nationality: Canadian)</li>
<li>Gender: Female</li>
</ul>

<p>*Extracurriculars: Varsity Rugby (I've been in the Under 19s age group since I was 13, Captain 12th grade), Dance Group (4 years - we dance for charity, choreographing beginning 10th grade), Habitat for Humanity (including overseas builds), Interact PR Head, Senior VP, NHS, MUN, etc....</p>

<p>*Summer Programs: 9th - teen tour from Alaska to Hawaii, 10th - 3 weeks at UMich, 17 days doing 100 hours of community service in the British Virgin Islands, 11th - Took Italian and Art History college courses in Rome, Built houses in Mongolia for 10 days</p>

<p>*Other Factors: Speak Cantonese, French, English and have studied Mandarin past AP level, 9th grade was my first year at an English speaking school</p>

<p>*ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Not my first choice, but absolutely ecstactic that the "worst" I can do is Georgetown! And the International Health program is pretty much unique</p>

306

<p>Decision: Accepted (College)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 800 CR 740 M 680 W (8 essay) (only took once) (1540/2220)</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800 USH 730 Lit 680 Math I 670 Bio</li>
<li>GPA: 94.12 UW 96.6 W</li>
<li>Rank: N/A</li>
<li>Other stats: 5 on USH, English Language, Psychology</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: Good</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: Good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: Good</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Over 700 hrs of community service?</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: NY</li>
<li>School Type: public</li>
<li>Ethnicity: caucasian</li>
<li>Gender: male</li>
</ul>

<p>*Extracurriculars: NHS VP, started a charity within my HS, Lots of Community service, leadership positions in a couple other clubs, won some awards</p>

<p>*ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: Never thought this would happen....</p>

307

<p>Decision: Deferred (MSB)</p>

<p>Stats:</p>

<ul>
<li>SAT: 800M 770CR 740W=1570/2310</li>
<li>SAT IIs: 800 Math IIC, 710 World History, 670 Literature</li>
<li>GPA: 3.7 uw/4.16w</li>
<li>Rank: School doesn't rank but probably not in Top 10%</li>
<li>Other stats: 5's on AP US History, AP World History, and AP Calc AB. 4's on English Literature and English Language. 2 on Physics B (did not report)</li>
</ul>

<p>Subjective:</p>

<ul>
<li>Essays: My significant activity was good. My first essay could have been good but could have been perceived as not so great. My business essay was good in my opinion</li>
<li>Teacher Recs: I didn't see them but assume they were good</li>
<li>Counselor Rec: New counselor this year but I'm also assuming that it was good, since we really hit it off at the beginning of the year</li>
<li>Hook (if any): Go to a Jesuit High school</li>
</ul>

<p>Location/Person:</p>

<ul>
<li>State or Country: California</li>
<li>School Type: Private Jesuit</li>
<li>Ethnicity: Chinese/Indonesian</li>
<li>Gender: Male</li>
</ul>

<p>*Extracurriculars: Speech and Debate (Debate Captain, ranked in the state in Oratory and Debate), Yearbook (Copy Editor), Newspaper Staff Writer, Tennis, Community Service, Worked at a Senator's Office over the summer, Took extra class at local community college</p>

<p>*ADDITIONAL COMMENTS: I didn't get in probably because I'm not in Top 10% and there was no real upward trend in second semester junior year. Still, I got this semester and finals tomorrow to improve my GPA.</p>

308

<p>I think we should start a new thread for the class of 2011 with a compilation of these stats postings so people applying next year and beyond won't have to sort through a 21 page thread! Anyone know the best way to do that?</p>

309

<p>Yea we should make like an official one.</p>

310

<p>lol there is one like a couple threads down idk why people started posting on here...</p>

311

<p>hmm i agree...the decisions are posted in so many weird places that i cant keep them all straight!</p>

312

<p>Class of 2008--- Thought I'd bump this up for everyone to calm/feed our anxiety! Enjoy :)</p>

313

<p>Holy cow--I thought these were the ones from this year, and I almost flipped out. DDD:</p>

314

<p>should we just start a new thread? This one is already so long.</p>

315

<p>Oh my gosh me too!!!</p>

316

<p>oh my god, i thought these were this year's and i was like HOW DID I NOT GET A LETTER OMG haha.</p>

317

<p>seeing some of the people they deferred here isn't helping anxiety.</p>